To prevent exposure to and pollution with toxic substances, the Ministry of Environment suggested a number of amendments to the legislation in the field. In a news conference at IPN, Svetlana Bolocan, division head at the Ministry, said the amendments refer also to the Law on Atmospheric Air and the legislation on environment protection and impose particular bans on the use of products that contain chemical substances and that were already banned on the international market.

According to Svetlana Bolocan, on the initiative of the Ministry of the Environment, Parliament adopted a number of amendments to the legislation on environment this June. These ban the importation of products and paints with lead content and will take effect at the start of next year. The Consumer Protection Agency will monitor how the legislation is implemented.

Svetlana Bolocan said other amendments refer to the integrated chemical substance management system as a large number of chemical substances are sold on the domestic market, but their circulation is not regulated by law.

A set of 13 regulations will be worked out to authorize business entities and to oblige them to report to state institutions and to monitor the circulation of the chemical substances that will be imported or produced on the country’s territory. “These are European obligations, not a whim of an institution. Only this way, will we have a classification of these products and labeling in accordance with the European requirements,” stated Svetlana Bolocan.

Currently, the parliamentary commissions are discussing a bill whereby the import of other chemical substances whose circulations is governed by European regulations is restricted. The necessity of such a law derives from the provisions of the Association Agreement with the European Union.